There are many web browsers available in the market today. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Apple Safari are few of them which dominate most of the browser market. There are multiple aspects of a web browser on which they can be compared and rated. Before jumping into details, let’s see some statistics of past few years from renowned names in this market. Looking at the below statistical graphs from StatCounter, 2011 was dominated by Internet Explorer. Firefox and Chrome also held major share of the browser market. Read More

The term Blog evolves from another term called “Web Log”. Blogging is a famous concept over the Internet where people maintain a website to write and update posts or articles. These articles could be personal, business oriented, news, reviews, etc. A person who writes a blog is called “Blogger”. The beginning of blogging dates back to 1995. The foremost purpose of blogging was to share one’s thought, happenings, and news with people over the world. But as time passed, blogging entered into a larger and a more interesting realm. People Read More

Safari is the web browser that Apple created to go along with the installation of its operating systems. However, should a Windows user want to use Safari, they can install it on their computer as well. The single problem that Apple users have with Safari is that uninstalling it is not possible. Windows users, though, have the ability to uninstall Safari the same way they’d uninstall any other program. Uninstalling Safari on an Apple To get rid of Safari on your Mac is a very tedious process. To begin with, Read More

Browser plugins are programs which extend your web browser by making it able to work with additional types of web content. Popular Browser Plugins Adobe Acrobat The Adobe Acrobat browser plugin enables you to view and print Adobe PDF files from within your web browser. Macromedia Flash Player Macromedia Flash Player is a browser plugin which enables you to view Macromedia Flash movies within your web browser. Macromedia Shockwave Player The Macromedia Shockwave Player enables your web browser to display Shockwave movies that are created with Macromedia Director. Sun Java Read More

About: Blank is a program that hijacks your computer through the form of adware. Once it enters your computer, it takes control of the browser, the settings of your Internet connection and displays popup advertisements. While the About: Blank doesn’t do anything negative to your computer, per say, it does result in a waste of time and can open the door for other malware to enter and create flaws in the system. You’ll know that you have About: Blank on your computer because it is a leach on virtual memory. Read More

ActiveX is designed to be a framework to allow software components to be reused independent of the programming language used in development. One or more of these components can be used for development of software applications and digitally signed to validate the identity of the author of the component. First developed in the mid-1990’s by the Microsoft Corporation, ActiveX controls are used by Windows Media Player, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Visual Studio and can be embedded into web pages for added functionality. A common task that arises for Read More

To add a little twist to your Xanga homepages, do a tiny special trick. Make use of Xanga layouts by going to a site where they offer Xanga layouts. An example is www.xanga.com/WoAh_lAyOuTss. Browse through the site and search for the Xanga layout that best suits your personality. After doing so, just copy the code. Afterwards, go to your home in order to incorporate the look and feel you want on your Xanga page. Remember that you might be asked to log in again. Shortly, you will encounter a Drop Read More

Nearly every Internet connected computer uses a web browser to navigate the Internet. It does not matter which browser is being used, in most cases a browser error redirector will be in place in the event that the browser is directed to a page that does not exist somewhere on a domain. This error allows the user to find results for similar items that match what was placed into the address bar. Many computers have a default browser address error redirector installed, most notably Dell and Gateway, which have decided Read More

Although there are many ways for people to showcase their photo albums, more and more people choose to create their own photo gallery websites for this purpose. There are many advantages of creating a photo gallery website. Here are several: Creating your own photo gallery website gives you total control over which photos can be used by other people People who have their own photo gallery websites can make money out of these sites. Anyone on the web can view your photo gallery website. You don’t have to be a Read More

What is Google Earth? Google Earth is a compact program that Google created and provides for free. It allows users to visit nearly any location on the planet in a virtual environment. Google Earth is similar to Google Maps but has much more functionality and can be downloaded to the user's computer. By using multiple geosynchronous satellites combined with GPS monitoring systems and the Google Search Engine, Google Earth is able to locate and show the user a recent image of any location. For example, Google Earth can be used Read More